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URL:https://votingaccessforall.org/events/vaac-friday-community-meeting-2/
SUMMARY:VAAC Friday Community Meeting: Understanding the Michigan Voting Ri
 ghts Act & The Fight for Fair Representation
DESCRIPTION:Join Voting Access For All Coalition (VAAC) for our Friday Comm
 unity Meeting on June 12\, 2026\, at 12:30 PM EST.\nVAAC Friday meetings b
 ring together directly impacted people\, organizers\, advocates\, and comm
 unity members from across Michigan to connect\, learn\, and build collecti
 ve strategy.\nAs Michigan moves deeper into the 2026 election cycle\, majo
 r legal and policy debates over voting rights and representation continue 
 to unfold across the country and here at home.\nFrom ongoing challenges to
  the federal Voting Rights Act to court cases that could reshape represent
 ation for Black communities and other historically marginalized voters\, t
 hese developments could affect voting access\, districting\, language acce
 ss\, and how communities build political power.\nWe will be joined by Ben 
 Gardner\, Michigan Senior Campaign Manager at All Voting Is Local\, who wo
 rks with voting rights advocates across Michigan on election protection\, 
 voter education\, and responding to efforts that undermine access to the b
 allot.\nTopics will include:\n\nUnderstanding the Michigan Voting Rights A
 ct (MIVRA)\nRecent federal voting rights developments\nLouisiana v. Callai
 s and fair representation\nVoting access\, districting\, and language acce
 ss\nPotential impacts on Michigan communities\nCommunity discussion and qu
 estions\n\nVAAC Friday meetings bring together directly impacted people\, 
 advocates\, organizers\, and community members from across Michigan to lea
 rn\, connect\, and stay informed about issues affecting our communities.\n
  June 12  12:30 – 1:30 PM EST  Virtual (Zoom)  Join: bit.ly/VAACFri
 days\nEveryone is welcome.\n✨ Creating space for conversation\, healing\
 , and community. Your voice is important!\nUpcoming meeting dates:\n\n🗓
 ️ June 26\n\n\n\n🗓️ July 17\n\n\n\n🗓️ July 31\n\n\n\n🗓️ A
 ugust 14\n\n\n\n🗓️ August 28\n
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